BUSINESS & TECH

Passenger car sales fell 5.2% in Finland in 2019

Foreigner.fi 08/Jan/2020

2019 was not a good year for the car industry in Finland. Despite a significant increase in sales recorded in December, which has allowed the fall to be corrected a bit, private car…

LIFESTYLE

Consumer authority says gambling prevention is insufficient in Finland

Foreigner.fi 07/Jan/2020

"Finland does not invest sufficiently in prevention of gambling-related problems, choosing instead to leave the responsibility for managing their gambling to the gamblers themselves." This is…

NEWS

Finland calls to reduce tension in the Middle East

Foreigner.fi 07/Jan/2020

On Tuesday 7 January 2020, the President of the Republic and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discussed the tense situation in Iraq, Iran and the Middle East, informed the…

MOVING TO FINLAND

Migri started charging 50 euros for unused appointments

Foreigner.fi 07/Jan/2020

With the arrival of 2020, the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) has begun charging its clients 50 euros for unused appointments. On Tuesday, 7 January, the Finnish Immigration Service…

LIFESTYLE

Can you afford to heat your home?

Foreigner.fi 07/Jan/2020

In 2018, 7% of the European Union (EU) population said in an EU-wide survey that they could not afford to heat their home sufficiently. According to Eurostat figures, this share peaked in 2012…

ENTREPRENEURS GUIDE

Countdown to nominate the Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2020

Foreigner.fi 06/Jan/2020

Suomen Yrittäjät, the main organization of Finnish entrepreneurs, is again searching for the Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Anyone can nominate a young entrepreneur for inclusion in the Young…

NEWS

Police found the two missing in Iisalmi drowned in the river

Foreigner.fi 04/Jan/2020

The East Finland police department informed that the dead bodies of the two young people who were missing since New Year's eve in Iisalmi were found on Friday in the river. According to police…

NEWS

Prime Minister Marin to visit Sweden and Estonia

Foreigner.fi 03/Jan/2020

Sanna Marin will make her first visits as Prime Minister to Sweden on Wednesday 8 January and to Estonia on Friday 10 January. According to the information released by the Government Communications…

TOURISM

Overnight stays of foreign tourists fell in Lapland

Foreigner.fi 03/Jan/2020

Foreign tourists recorded 450,000 overnight stays at Finnish accommodation establishments in November, which was 3.4% more than the same month last year. Overnight stays by resident tourists…

MOVING TO FINLAND

Finland will increase the number of quota refugees in 2020

Foreigner.fi 02/Jan/2020

The Ministry of the Interior informed that Finland will increase the number of quota refugees in 2020. In line with the Government Programme, the annual number of quota refugees will be raised from…

NEWS

Police need help to find two young people who disappeared in New Year

Foreigner.fi 02/Jan/2020

The Eastern Finland police are demanding citizen´s collaboration to find Markus Heikkilä and Salla-Mari Tuorilainen. Both missing persons are 20 years old and from Iisalmi. According to police…

WORK & STUDY

R-kioski started charging fees for selling HSL tickets

Foreigner.fi 02/Jan/2020

Are you one of those who think that everything is joy with the arrival of the new year? If you live in the Helsinki area and you use public transport for example to go to your work or study place,…